The Shining Lamp — Page 49
Truth has Come—Views of Aryas 49 And then, especially the members of my Jam a ‘at [Community] who have gathered around me for the sake of learning virtue and forbearance, do not come to me to learn the ways of robbers and ruin their faith. I say it on oath and in truth that I have no enmity with any people. I do, however, desire to reform their beliefs as far as possible. If anyone utters abuse, I refer my plaint to God and not to any other court. Despite all this, it is our obligation to have sym- pathy for the whole of humanity. I do not know how and in what words to satisfy the hearts of the Arya gentlemen that recourse to mischief is not my way. I am distressed by the loss of a human life, but I am also pleased with the fulfilment of a Divine prophecy. Why am I happy? Only for the good of all peoples. I wish they would reflect and understand that to foretell with such a high degree of clarity so many years in advance is not the work of man. The condition of my heart at this moment is indeed very strange. There is both pain and pleasure. Pain because if Lekh Ram had, at least, restrained himself from vilification, I swear in the name of Almighty Allah that I would have supplicated on his behalf and would have hoped that, even if he had been cut to pieces, he would have survived. Nothing is impossible for the God Whom I know. On the other hand, I am happy that the prophecy has been so clearly ful- filled. It has also shed light on the prophecy regarding Atham. I wish people would reflect and understand, and hatred and ran- cour between nations may be removed, because a life of animosity and enmity is so very close to death itself. And if the doubt of a doubter still cannot be removed, and he considers me to be an accomplice in the conspiracy of murder